The claim made by the incoming governor, Ademola Adeleke, and the Peoples Democratic Party regarding the alleged robbery of public funds and properties by public employees has been categorically denied by the Osun State government.
Following Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s defeat in the state’s governorship election last weekend, Adeleke claimed that Osun State government employees had begun stealing public monies in a statement released by his media assistant, Olawale Rasheed, throughout the week.
He continued by saying that the governor had also gone on a borrowing binge.
However, in a statement released by the governor’s chief press secretary, Ismail Omipidan, the government accused Adeleke and the PDP of spreading false information to win over an unjustified audience.
The statement read: “We know where Senator Ademola Adeleke, the governor-elect, is coming from, and the world also knows the antecedent of the incumbent governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, the hardworking leader, who has served the people of Osun State meritoriously. He does not have the background of pilfering or misappropriating funds. The records are there for verification.
“We have seen the press statement that is in circulation from the camp of Senator Ademola Adeleke, poisoning the public with lies and raising false alarms just to heat up the polity of the state as is their practice.
“Oyetola’s government remains a responsible one that has discharged its duties meritoriously to the admiration of fellow governors, including those in the opposition.
“It is time for Mr. Adeleke to tell the people how he intends to govern them rather than trying to blame everyone but himself for his fears.
“Given his admiration for his newly-learnt expression, ‘fact check,’ we extend a call to Mr. Adeleke to show evidence of pilfering or looting to the people of Osun to prove that he is a man whose words have atoms of believability.
“Governor Oyetola already has a reputation. Mr. Adeleke is the one trying to build one for himself. It is a more strategic option to build in silence.
“We are calling on the people of Osun to ignore the fake lamentations of the incurable propagandists. Governor Oyetola has done well thus far and he will continue to do right by the people.”
